Tomato Spicy Chicken

Ingredients:

1. Chicken                             1/2kg
2. Turmeric                            1/4tsp
3. Salt                                     2tsp
4. Ginger, garlic paste            1tbsp
5. Tomato                               5 big chopped
6. Cinnamon                          1"
7. Cloves                               6 nos
8. Cardamom                        4 nos
9. Cashewnut                        5 pieces
10. Raisin                               10 nos
11. Saffron                              a pinch
12. Coriander leaves               handful chopped
13. Mint leaves                       few chopped
14. Onion                                2 chopped
15. Curry leaves                     few
16. Sugar                                1 tsp
17. Oil                                    3 tbsp
18. Bay leaf                           1 small
19. Chilly powder                  2 tsp
20. Daniya powder                1 tbsp
21. Water                               1 cup

Method: 

• Wash chicken and apply turmeric and salt.
• Heat oil add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom.  Add onion and fry till dark brown.
• Add chicken, tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste, and fry for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Now add chilly powder, raisin, cashew nut, daniya powder, curry leaves, and sugar.
• Close the lid for 2 minutes. Open and add water. Again close the lid.
• Cook on a low flame for 1/2 an hour. Add Saffron and mint leaves while cooking.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with parathas, naan, chapatis.
• This gravy is very delicious.

Chicken chukka

Ingredients:

1. Chicken                       1kg[large pieces]
2. Tomato                        1 large
3. Onion                           2
4. Coriander leaves          for garnishing
5. Chilly powder              1 1/2tsp
6. Salt                               1tsp
7. Water                            1cup
8. Turmeric                       1/2tsp
9. Curry masala                1tsp

For Grinding:

1. Coconut                        1/2 grated
2. Patta                              2"
3. Lavang                          5
4. Khus-Khus                   1 tsp
5. Pepper                          1/2tsp
6. Ginger                          1"
7. Garlic                            6pods
8. Sombu                           1 1/2tsp
9. Coriander,Mint leaves    little

For Seasoning:

1. Oil                                    1/2cup
2. Mustard seeds                  1/4tsp
3. Urad Dal                          1/2tsp
4. Curry leaves                    handful

Method:

• Wash chicken and apply salt, chilly powder,turmeric.
• Cut onion,tomato,coriander leaves.
• Grind masala to a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a kadai,add seasoning and fry onion,curry leaves.
• Add tomato and chicken,fry for 2 or 3 minutes adding salt.
• Now add grounded masala,water. Close a lid and cook for 30 minutes on a low flame.
• Add curry masala powder and  cook untill the gravy thickens . Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice or chapatis.

Honey Chicken

Ingredients:

1. Chicken                       1 kg[cut into 12 pieces]
2. Garam masala             1 tsp heaped
3. Chilly powder              3 tsp
4. Turmeric                      1/2 tsp
5. Ginger-Garlic paste     1 tbsp                                      
6. Salt                              1 1/2tsp
7. Ajinomoto                   1/4 tsp
8. Oil                               1/2 cup

For Sauce:

1. Honey                        3/4cup
2. Soya sauce                 1/4cup                                                    

Method:

• Mix garam masala, chilly powder, turmeric,ginger-garlic paste, salt, Ajinomoto to a smooth paste without adding water.
• Add chicken and apply masala to the pieces evenly.
• Heat oil in a pressure pan and arrange the pieces, close the lid[don't use cooker lid]
• And cook on low flame for 45 minutes roasting and turning in between cooking.
• Mix thoroughly Honey and Soya sauce.
• Pour 1/2 sauce on cooked chicken. Cook on one side of the chicken for 2 or 3 minutes and again turn on another side and add remaining sauce and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.
• Remove from fire. Arrange in a plate.
• Add a tsp of chicken sauce over the chicken while serving.
• This chicken is very tasty. Everybody likes it.

Green gram Dal poruppu

Ingredients:

1. Green gram Dal                -       1 cup
2. Onion                                -       1 chopped
3. Tomato                             -       1 chopped
4. Badaga                             -        little
5. Salt                                   -       11/2tsp
6. Turmeric                           -       1/   
7. Chilly powder                   -       1 tsp
8. Curry leaves                     -        few
9. Coriander leaves               -       little
10. Coconut                           -       1tbsp
11. Oil                                   -        11/2+11/2spns
12. Water                              -        6 cups

Method:

• Dry roast gram till light brown, cool down, clean, and wash with cold water.
• Boil water add Dal and bring to boil.
• Add onion, tomato, coconut, 11/2tsp oil, salt, turmeric, chilly powder, badaga, curry leaves one or two.Mix well and close the lid.
• Cook for 1/2 an hour on a low heat.
• Don't over cook. This gravy should be little thick.
• Heat remaining oil and  season with badaga or with mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves.
• Garnish with coriander leaves. Check salt.
• Serve with rice and ghee, chapattis or mudde means Ragi balls.

Chicken Chintamani Dry and gravy

Ingredients: for dry style

1. Chicken                             1/2kg boneless
2. Oil                                     3 tbsp
3. Turmeric                           1/4 tsp
4. Small onion                       1/4 kg
5. Curry leaves                      Few
6. Coriander leaves               handful
7. Red chilies                        20 nos
8. Roasted gram powder       1 tsp
9. Water                                 1/2 cup
10. Salt                                    2 tsp

For seasoning:

1. Mustard seeds                 1/4tsp
2. Urad Dal                          1/4tsp
3. Bengal gram Dal             1 tsp

     
Method:

• Wash and cut the chicken into small pieces.
• Cut small onion into round shape.
• Chop coriander leaves.
• Break red chilies into small pieces and take out the seeds neatly.
• Heat oil add seasoning. Add red chilies and fry till the oil becomes red in color.
• Then add onion and curry leaves, fry till crisp.
• Add chicken, roasted gram powder, and fry for 1 minute.
• Close the lid and cook on a low flame for 20 minutes.
• Cook until the gravy is thick.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with hot rice and sesame oil.

For gravy:

1. Coconut                         1/2 grated
2. Ginger                            1"
3. Garlic                             6 pods
4. Patta                               1"
5. Lavang                           6nos
6. Fennel seeds                   1tsp

• Grind to a smooth paste and this to the chicken while frying adding roasted gram powder also.
• Garnish with coriander leaves
• Serve hot with rice. It will be very tasty.

Raw Thur Dal Gravy

Ingredients:

1. Green Tur Dal                 -              1 cup
2. Small onion                     -              1/4 cup[chopped]
3. Tomato                           -              1[chopped]
4. Coriander powder           -              1tbsp
5. Chilly powder                  -              1tsp
6. Turmeric                          -              1/4tsp
7. Salt                                  -              1tsp
8. Roasted gram powder      -              1tbsp                                                
9. Curry masala powder         -              1tsp
10. Coconut                           -              1/2 grated
11. Coriander leaves              -              a handful
12. Oil                                   -              3tbsp                                                                             
13. Ginger                             -               1/4"                                                                                 
14. Garlic                              -                4 pods
15. Water                             -                3 cups
16. Mustard seeds                -                1/4tsp
17. Urad Dal                        -                1/4tsp
18. Bengal gram Dal             -                1/4tsp
19. Patta                              -                1"
20. Lavang                           -               5                                                                         
21. Ghusa-Ghusa                     -            1tsp   

                                                                                                                                                                    For Grinding:

• Coconut                                                                                                    
• Ginger, Garlic                                                                                                                                     
• Patta                                                                                                                                                
• Lavang
• Ghusa-Ghusa 
• Roasted Gram   

                                                                                                                                                                                
Method:

•  Heat oil  in a pressure pan, add Mustard seeds, Urad Dal, Bengal gram Dal and
• Add onion, tomato, Tur Dal, curry leaves, and fry.
• Now add the grounded masala paste to it and fry.
• Add Chilly powder, Turmeric, Coriander powder, salt.
• Mix well with a ladle add water and cook for 3 whistles.
• Open the lid and add curry powder coriander leaves.
• Check salt and serve with Rice, Puri, and chapatis.

 

                                                  

Chicken Gravy for Idly, Dosa, Rice

Ingredients:

1. Chicken                            1 kg
2. Small onion                      1 cup
3. Tomato                             1 
4. Roasted gram powder      1tbsp
5. Chilly powder                  2 tsp
6. Turmeric                          1/4tsp
7. Salt                                  2 tsp
8. Water                              6 cups
9. Castor oil                        1 tsp
10. Coriander leaves             handful

For Grinding:

1. Coconut                        1/2 grated
2. Coriander seeds            1 tbsp
3. Sombu[fennel seeds]    1 tbsp
4. Cinnamon                     2"
5. Lavang                          10
6. Ginger                           1"
7. Garlic                            10 pods
8. Khus-Khus                    1 tsp

For seasoning:

1. Oil                               3 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds             1/4 tsp
3. Urad Dal                     1/2 tsp
4. Bengal gram Dal        1 tsp
5. Curry leaves               few

Method:

• Wash chicken. Cut onion, tomato.
• Grind masala ingredients to a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker or in a Kadai.
• Add onion, curry leaves and tomato, fry well.
• Now add chicken, turmeric, chilly powder, castor oil.
• Fry chicken adding with masala, salt.
• Add water, stir well and close the lid.
• Cook for 1 whistle and keep it aside till pressure comes down.
• Open the lid, check salt and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice and chapatis.

Fish gravy- 1

 Ingredients:

1.  Rog or kelithi Fish     1 kg
2. Tomato                        2 chopped
3. Small onion                 handful chopped
4. Tamarind                     big lemon size[soak in a cup of water]
5. Turmeric                      1/4 tsp
6. Salt                               2 tsp or to taste
7. Coriander leaves          handful
8. Water                            6 or 8 cups
9. Sugar                            2 tsp

For Grinding:

1. Coconut                             1/2 grated
2. Cinnamon                          1"
3. Rice                                   1 tsp
4. Jeera                                  1 tsp
5. Bengal gram Dal               1 tsp
6. Urad Dal                           1/2tsp
7. Curry leaves                      4 leaves
8. Oil                                     1 tsp
9. Red chilies 15
10. Small onion                       4
11. Pepper                               5 corns
12. Methi seeds                       8     
13. Ginger                              1/4"
14. Garlic                                4 flakes
15. Coriander seeds               1 tbsp

For seasoning:

1. Mustard seeds                  1/2tsp
2. Urad Dal                          1/2tsp
3. Curry leaves                     few
4. Oil                                    4 or 5 tbsp

Method:

• Heat oil, add seasoning, and splutter mustard seeds.
• Add curry leaves and onion fry until crisp.
• Now add turmeric and tomatoes, close the lid for 3 minutes.
• Open the lid and mash tomatoes, add masala paste and fry.
• Add tamarind water, sugar, and water.
• Stir well and boil for 20 minutes.
• Now add salt and boil for another 5 minutes.
• Add fish, cook on a low flame for 10 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice.

Uli bitambra- Thur Dal Sambar for rice

Ingredients:

1. Thur Dal              -    1 cup
2. Tomatoes            -    2 big
3. Turmeric              -    1/4tsp
4. Castor oil             -    1tsp
5. Water                  -    6cups
6. Small Onion         -    10
7. Drumstick            -    2
8. Raddish               -    1
9. Salt                      -    11/2tsp
10. Tamarind              -    lemon size
11. Curry leaves         -    few
12. Coriander leaves   -   for garnishing
13. Sugar                    -  1tsp[optional]  
14. Badaga                 -   little
15. Oil                       -   1tbsp

Method

• Wash Dal and cook in a pressure pan adding 6 cups of water, turmeric, castor oil, tomatoes.
• Drain Dal water in another container and mash dal. 
• Cut onion and sliced radish, cut drumstick to 2" in length.
• Add vegetables, chilly powder, salt to Dal and water, and cook for 15 minutes.
• Close the lid while cooking.[without whistle]
• Add tamarind water, sugar, and check salt.
• Heat oil in another container add Badaga, curry leaves and hing and pour Dal and close the lid immediately.
• Simmer on a low flame till orange bubbles form a layer on top of the sambar.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice, appalam and porial or palya.

Bun Egg Masala

Ingredients:

1. Bun                                 3 nos
2. Tomato                         1 chopped
3. Onion                             1 chopped
4. Coriander leaves          handful
5. Ginger, Garlic paste    1 tsp
6. Turmeric                        1/4tsp
7. Chilly powder                1 tsp
8. Salt                                  1/2tsp
9. Oil                                    1 tbsp
10. Eggs                                 3
11. Garam masala               1/2tsp
12. Tomato sauce                2 tsp
13. Water                              1/4 cup or 1 tbsp

Method

• Heat oil in a Kadai. Add onion and fry for a minute.
• Add tomato, ginger-garlic paste, and turmeric.
• Fry well till mashed. Now add chilly powder.
• Add eggs fry till crumbled.
• Mix well and add cut Buns. Sprinkle water.
• And now add garam masala, tomato sauce, and well.
• Fry on a low heat for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot.

RAW TUR DAL GRAVY

Ingredients:

1. Raw Tur Da1 1 cup
2. Small onion 1/4 cup[chopped]
3. Tomato 1[chopped]
4. Coriander powder 1tbsp
5. Chilly powder 1tsp
6. Turmeric 1/4tsp
7. Salt 1 tsp
8. Roasted gram powder  1tbsp                                                
9. Curry masal powder 1tsp
10. Coconut 1/2 grated
11. Coriander leaves  handful
12. Oil  3 tbsp                                                                             
13. Ginger 1/4"                                                                                 
14. Garlic 4 pods
15. Water  3 cups
16. Mustard seeds 1/4tsp
17. Urad Dal 1/4tsp
18. Bengal gram Dal 1/4tsp
19. Patta 1"
20. Lavang 5                                                                         
21. kus-kus 1tsp   

                                                                                                                                                                      For Grinding:

• Coconut                                                                                                    
• Ginger,Garlic                                                                                                                                     
• Patta                                                                                                                                                
• Lavang
• Ghusa-Ghusa 
• Roasted Gram   

                                                                                                                                                                                
Method:

•  Heat oil  in pressure pan,add Mustard seeds,Urad Dal,Bengal gram Dal and
• Add onion, tomato ,Tur Dal ,curry leaves and fry.
• Now add grounded masala paste to it and fry.
• Add Chilly powder,Turmeric,Coriander powder,salt.
• Mix well with a ladle add water and cook for 3 whistle.
• Open the lid and add curry powder coriander leaves.
• Check salt and serve with Rice ,Puri and chapatis.

 

                                                  

Black Beans Kootu

Ingredients

1. Black beans                1 cup
2. Small onion                10 nos
3. Tomato                        3 medium
4. Brinjal                         300 gms 
5. Pumpkin                      100 gms   
6. Ginger                         1/4"
7. Garlic                          6    
8. Coriander leaves         Handful
9. Kootu masala             4 tbsp                                                         
10. Tamarind                    lemon size
11. Jaggery                       1 tbsp
12. Chilly powder            1 1/2tsp
13. Turmeric                    1/4tsp
14. Salt                             2tsp
15. Oil                             1 tbsp
16. Badaga                       little
17. Curry leaves              few
18. Hing                         a pinch
19. Red chilies               2 or 3
20. Water                       6 cups                  

Method:

• Soak black beans overnight. Soak tamarind in little water.
• Cut onion and tomatoes. Crush ginger and garlic.
• Cut brinjal to lengthwise and put it in a bowl of saltwater and keep aside.
• Cut pumpkin to 1" big pieces.
• Boil water in a pressure cooker add beans, turmeric, castor oil.
• Cook for 1 whistle. Open after 10 minutes.
• Add brinjal, ginger-garlic,onion,tomatoes,pumpkin ,chilly,turmeric powder,salt.
• Close the lid and cook for another 2 whistles.
• Mix kootu masala powder in tamarind water.
• Add it to the gravy with jaggery. Stir well. Check salt. Add if necessary.
• Simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil add Badaga, hing, curry leaves, chilies to the gravy.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice, ghee, appallam.

Upma Roast

Ingredients

• Dosa batter            -5 cups

For Uppama

1. Rawa                      - 1 cup
2. Green chilies          - 5
3. Onion                     - 2
4. Curry leaves           - few
5. Coriander leaves    - little
6. Ginger                    - 1/4"
7. Cashew nuts           - 6
8. Coconut                  - 1tsp
9. Lemon juice           - 1tsp
10. Water                      - 21/2 cups
11. Ghee                       - 1tsp
12. Salt                         - 1tsp

Potato masala

1. Boiled potatoes          -      2 bi
2. Onion                         -     1 chopped                                       
3. Green chilies              -     1 chopped
4. Curry leaves               -      few
5. Coriander leaves         -      little
6. Salt                              -     1/2tsp
7. Turmeric                     -      a pinch
8. Oil                               -     1tbsp
9. Bengal gram flour       -     1tsp heaped

For seasoning:

1. Mustard seeds    -     1/4+1/4tsp
2. Urad dhal           -    1/4+1/4tsp
3. Channa dhal       -    1tsp
4. Curry leaves       -     few
5. Hing                   -    a pinch                                                        

For chutney

1. Green chilies           -  3
2. Coconut                      1 cup
3. Coriander leaves     -  handful
4. Ginger                     - 1/4"
5. Curry leaves            - few
6. Roasted gram          - 2tbsp
7. Salt                          - 1/2tsp                                                           

Preparation for Uppama

• Fry rawa adding 1tsp of oil. Keep aside.
• Heat oil add onion, chilies, cashew nuts, curry leaves and ginger.
• Fry well. Add water and salt. Bring to a boil.
• Add raw, stir well, close the lid and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
• Open the lid mix well add ghee and 1tsp of oil.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

For chutney

• Grind the chutney ingredients adding 1 cup of water.
• Add little seasoning with curry leaves.
•  You can add puli chutney[tamarind] or onion chutney with coconut.

For Potato Masala 

• Mash potatoes.
• Heat oil add seasoning[1/4tsp mustard, urad, Bengal gram]
• Fry onion, chilies,hing,  curry leaves, Bengal gram and fry for few minutes.
• Add 1 cup of water, salt, turmeric, and bring to a boil.
• Now add mashed potatoes, stir well until it thickens.
• Garnish with coriander leaves

Method

• Heat Tawa pour dosa batter and spread[like paper dosa]
• Add ghee and roast well.
• Meanwhile take 1 laddle full upma in a bowl.
• Add chutney and potato masala each 1tbsp and mix well.
• After roasting dosa put 1 or 2 tbsp of this masala in the middle of the dosa. 
• Fold dosa like Mysore masala dosa.
• Serve with sambar and chutney.